2023-10

Kotaku is reporting that Naughty Dog, the PlayStation first-party studio behind The Last of Us and Uncharted franchises, has laid off at least 25 developers, cutting their contracts short. The layoffs reportedly began last week, according to two of Kotaku's sources and various departments, from art to production, were hit. The majority of those laid off were in Naughty Dog's quality assurance testing department.  The 25 contract developers laid off were part of a downsizing at the studio, but Kotaku reports that full-time staff do not appear to be affected. The publication's sources say severance is not being offered to those laid off and those affected (as well as those still working at Naughty Dog) are "being pressured to keep the news quiet."  Kotaku says the contracts of those affected won't be officially cut until the end of October and those hit are expected to...

The Forest Cathedral is an environmental thriller that hit Xbox Series X/S and PC earlier this year in March. Now, Game Informer can exclusively reveal it hits PlayStation 5 on October 31, making this a great spooky experience for the holiday.  For the uninitiated, The Forest Cathedral is inspired by events surrounding real-life scientist Rachel Carson's investigation into Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, otherwise known as the harmful DDT pesticide. Publisher Whitethorn Games says this game is "a dramatic reimagining of Carson's environmental science book, Silent Spring."  You can get a look at it in The Forest Cathedral PS5 release date trailer below:  As you can see in the trailer above, in The Forest Cathedral, players take on the role of Rachel in her new field research biologist position on a mysterious island. What begins as simply completing weekly work tasks becomes something more horrific...

Marvel's Spider-Man is almost here. Set to hit PlayStation 5 exclusively on October 20, PlayStation and developer Insomniac Games have continued to ramp up excitement surrounding the sequel with trailers, gameplay, and more. And last night, PlayStation released a new extended 60-second TV spot that gives us a more cinematic look at these heroes' latest adventure.  The trailer is CGI and it's gorgeous. We see Peter Parker and Miles Morales come to grips with the challenges before them, both in the suit and out of it; all to the backdrop of a massive fight in broad daylight against Venom. If this trailer is any indication, Venom is quite the formidable foe for these two.  Check it out for yourself in the Marvel's Spider-Man 2 trailer below:  As you can see, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 continues to look great, and fortunately,...

Phantom Liberty and Update 2.0 might have made a lot of improvements to Cyberpunk 2077 but one new bug has introduced a haunted police car to Night City....

Overwatch 2 has teased a Diablo IV crossover for Season 7, and that includes a pretty badass Lilith skin for Moira....

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Developer Aggro Crab, the studio behind 2020's Going Under and the publisher of 2021's Subway Midnight,  revealed Another Crab's Treasure during a Nintendo Direct last year. It garnered a lot of attention, especially from those Soulslike players who were patiently awaiting a team to create an underwater one where you play as a crab. Now, you can check out Another Crab's Treasure for yourself with a new Steam demo that goes live tomorrow, October 3.  The studio says this demo will feature two explorable areas: The Moon Caves, which is Another Crab's Treasure's tutorial area, and The Expired Grove.  In our Steam Demo, you'll explore TWO different areas: ✨The Moon Caves (Tutorial) AND 🪸 The Expired Grove COMING OCTOBER 3RD. THAT'S TOMORROW. pic.twitter.com/yieZU2kEy6 — AGGRO CRAB (@AggroCrabGames) October 2, 2023 If you haven't yet seen this game in action, check out the latest Another Crab's Treasure...

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Last week ended with a dire flood of layoffs in the games industry, including Sega, Ubisoft, Blizzard, and Epic games. Unfortunately, this week seems to be following the trend – Team17, developer of the Worms series, and publisher of games like Blasphemous, Dredge, and more, has announced layoffs as well, according to Eurogamer. The job losses, which are due to a "company restructure," will eliminate about 50 positions from the company, and the majority of those positions will be in the publisher's QA department. Eurogamer also reports the news was delivered to employees during an emergency town hall meeting this morning. In addition to members of the QA team, Team17 CEO Michael Pattison will also be stepping down, according to a statement received by VG247. This stands in sharp contrast to many other recent layoffs, where executives had been exempt from cost-cutting...

IGN's Joshua Yehl recounts Day 7 of his trip to Japan, where the competition to become Pokémon World Champion heats up, and so does the weather!...